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i have scoured nothing has happened, and oracle records and so far it just has been from the pentagon. i hate to see this. they have worked so hard. but there is the ability to break it as well. >> it always makes sense to me. thank you for coming on tonight. gerr millions of people now playing video games on their smartphones. some find it a great way to pass the time. for every time you take the phone out of your pocket, the higher the risk of it is that it will be lost or stolen. it all depends on where you live. on tonight's top five, the cities with the highest rate of smartphones that. at number five, newark, new jersey. number four is long beach california and oakland california is next. and number two is seattle. a lot of smart forms there. and the number one hotspot for smartphone that is philadelphia. that is a shocker. across the country about 30 million phones stolen, lost or stolen and the most likely place is a fast food restaurant or grocery store. coming up next, the market has taken quite a hit over the last few ys. [ heart beating, monitor beeping ] woman: what do yo
i have scoured nothing has happened, and oracle records and so far it just has been from the pentagon. i hate to see this. they have worked so hard. but there is the ability to break it as well. >> it always makes sense to me. thank you for coming on tonight. gerr millions of people now playing video games on their smartphones. some find it a great way to pass the time. for every time you take the phone out of your pocket, the higher the risk of it is that it will be lost or stolen. it...
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>> bret: jennifer griffin at pentagon. thank you. >>> still ahead -- get ready to shell out more of your money for obamacare. first, the republicans court the hispanic vote. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] while you're getting ready for the holidays, we're getting ready for you. tis the season. for food, for family, and now, something extra -- for you. >> bret: the republican outreach to hispanics and other minorities is taking shape. the house today voted on the first step in g.o.p. immigration reform. correspondent doug mckelway tells us what is in it. >> with today's passage of stem jobs act, republican controlled house goes on record with a pro immigration, pro job creation bill. it provides green cards for 55,000 immigrants with advanced degrees in the sciences. but it also allows the recipient's families to join them and attempt to end the brain drain that hampers the high-tech industry. >> it makes no sense to educate people, bright, talented people and then frankly deport them so they can compete against the united
>> bret: jennifer griffin at pentagon. thank you. >>> still ahead -- get ready to shell out more of your money for obamacare. first, the republicans court the hispanic vote. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] while you're getting ready for the holidays, we're getting ready for you. tis the season. for food, for family, and now, something extra -- for you. >> bret: the republican outreach to hispanics and other minorities is taking shape. the house today voted on the first step...
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we will talk with congressman jim himes about his support for the cuts to the pentagon budget.
we will talk with congressman jim himes about his support for the cuts to the pentagon budget.
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he recently submitted every ports in both classified and unclassified versions to a series at the pentagon. i was joined by my colleagues congressman walter jones and john garamendi. we were not only impressd with lieutenant colonel davis's character o but the information and analysis he shared with us. simply put, the situation in afghanistan does not reflect the optimistic statements we repeatedly hear from high military officials and commanders on a regular basis. this week, a great deal of what lieutenant colonel davis told us has appeared in the media in an article he wrote for the armed forces journal, the nation's oldest independent military magazine and in "the new york times". lieutenant colonel davis talks about the difficulties of training the afghan police and military, the challenges facing our own troops to establish sustainable security zones, the rampant corruption and the gr great -- classified material that contradicts such claims. the briefing with danny davis comes close on the heels of a number of articles that appeared toward the end of last year about the more pessim
he recently submitted every ports in both classified and unclassified versions to a series at the pentagon. i was joined by my colleagues congressman walter jones and john garamendi. we were not only impressd with lieutenant colonel davis's character o but the information and analysis he shared with us. simply put, the situation in afghanistan does not reflect the optimistic statements we repeatedly hear from high military officials and commanders on a regular basis. this week, a great deal of...
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david martin has details on the new leaner pentagon. >> reporter: the president came to the pentagon to make sure everybody understands this is his strategy. a strategy he will run for re-election on. if you reduce it to a bumper sticker, it would say no more wars like iraq and afghanistan. >> as we look beyond the wars in iraq and afghanistan and the end of long-term nation building with large military footprints, we will be able to ensure our security with smaller conventional ground forces. >> reporter: the president and his advisers held up libya where the u.s. committed air and naval power but no land forces as a model for future wars. and joint chiefs chairman martin dempsey cited the pacific as the future theater of competition, if not conflict. >> all of the trends, demographic trends, geo political trends, economic trends and military trends are shifting toward the pacific. >> reporter: dempsey is talking about the rise of china. that and the hard earned lesson the u.s. could not afford to fight two wars simultaneously in iraq and afghanistan are perhaps the biggest game-cha
david martin has details on the new leaner pentagon. >> reporter: the president came to the pentagon to make sure everybody understands this is his strategy. a strategy he will run for re-election on. if you reduce it to a bumper sticker, it would say no more wars like iraq and afghanistan. >> as we look beyond the wars in iraq and afghanistan and the end of long-term nation building with large military footprints, we will be able to ensure our security with smaller conventional...
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. >> the pentagon is offering a timeline of the military's response to the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. leon panetta learned about it 15 minutes after it began. the first special prayings team arrived 14 hours after it was over. by then, chris stevens and three other americans were dead. the military's blaming long traveling distances for the delay. the judge sentencing an ohio teenager for his role with phony crases list offers to job seekers. the jury rejected the claim that he feared for his life if he didn't cooperate with the triggerman, shooting 3 people. now back to record roar. >> cia director, petraeus abruptly resigned, for personal reasons, cheating on his wife. but the timing is raising eyebrows. in days he is supposed to go to capitol hill to testify on benghazi. joining me is bob cusack and steve hayez and byron york. byron... go aheadanism the fbi investigating the cia director in the heat of a presidential campaign and the white house apparently doesn't know about it. and the-- the opposition party in congress is hot on the heels of the cia about t
. >> the pentagon is offering a timeline of the military's response to the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. leon panetta learned about it 15 minutes after it began. the first special prayings team arrived 14 hours after it was over. by then, chris stevens and three other americans were dead. the military's blaming long traveling distances for the delay. the judge sentencing an ohio teenager for his role with phony crases list offers to job seekers. the jury rejected the claim...
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pentagon sources tell nbc news that syria is preparing chemical weapons for the possible use against the military people in the form of aerial bombs. jim miklaszewski reports. >> reporter: as the fighting grows more intense and syrian rebels close in on damascus, the syrian regime has turned increasingly desperate. u.s. officials tell nbc news the syrian military loaded the precursor chemicals for sarn nerve gas into aerial bombs. that could be dropped from dozens of syrian fighter bombers. this week u.s. intelligence detected a flurry of activity at chemical weapons sites like this one. while u.s. officials confirm the precursor chemicals are loaded, they must still be mixed together to create the deadly sarin gas. the development shook the world. president obama and secretary of state hillary clinton issued strong warnings to syria's president assad that there would be serious consequences if he used chemical weapons. >> it's the point of no return. they're going to lose any sort of backing that they had from the chinese and russians in terms of blocking the u.n. vote. and it's my
pentagon sources tell nbc news that syria is preparing chemical weapons for the possible use against the military people in the form of aerial bombs. jim miklaszewski reports. >> reporter: as the fighting grows more intense and syrian rebels close in on damascus, the syrian regime has turned increasingly desperate. u.s. officials tell nbc news the syrian military loaded the precursor chemicals for sarn nerve gas into aerial bombs. that could be dropped from dozens of syrian fighter...
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the pentagon has been working on this, this has been a priority for you as well. at what point is the department of defense going to come into the 21st century in terms of accountability or audittability? >> the legal goal is to have audit-ready statements by 2017 and secretary panetta said you gotta speed it up for the key statements, the budget of resources which is our statement by 2014 to be audit ready. i'm reasonably kf bent we'll make those. -- confident we'll make those. we've overpromised and underdeliverred on this topic, so i want to be humble and careful. but i'm reasonably confident. i have to say, vago, since my wife is listening, i don't think i'll be the comptroller in 2017, so somebody else is going to have to finish this job. >> let me take you in the last 30 or so seconds we have left as to whether or not the right culture exists for accountability within the department. congressman kauffman is looking at making accountability at all ranks. is the sulture of accountability growing in the pentagon or what has to be done? >> in my experience, fina
the pentagon has been working on this, this has been a priority for you as well. at what point is the department of defense going to come into the 21st century in terms of accountability or audittability? >> the legal goal is to have audit-ready statements by 2017 and secretary panetta said you gotta speed it up for the key statements, the budget of resources which is our statement by 2014 to be audit ready. i'm reasonably kf bent we'll make those. -- confident we'll make those. we've...
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he does not have the experience to manage a very large organization like the pentagon. and we've actually had-- i think leon pa98 has done a wonderful job. i supported his nomination. he did have a lot of experience prior to coming here. and if there's a place we need great management, it's the pentagon, and a great manager. >> o'donnell: senators coburn and durbin, good luck today. >> thank you. >> o'donnell: a busy day this sunday. >> we actually had breakfast together. >> o'donnell: i think the american people wish you luck, too, with your gang of eight. we'll be right back. for an idea. a grand idea called america. the idea that if you work hard, if you have a dream, if you work with your neighbors... you can do most anything. this led to other ideas like liberty and rock 'n' roll. to free markets, free enterprise, and free refills. it put a man on the moon and a phone in your pocket. our country's gone through a lot over the centuries and a half. but this idea isn't fragile. when times get tough, it rallies us as one. every day, more people believe in the american
he does not have the experience to manage a very large organization like the pentagon. and we've actually had-- i think leon pa98 has done a wonderful job. i supported his nomination. he did have a lot of experience prior to coming here. and if there's a place we need great management, it's the pentagon, and a great manager. >> o'donnell: senators coburn and durbin, good luck today. >> thank you. >> o'donnell: a busy day this sunday. >> we actually had breakfast...
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jennifer griferin joins us live from the pentagon. >> reporter: in just a few minutes the pentagon is finally going to brief reporters with its time line of what happened the night of the benghazi attack from the military's perspective. we have been asking for this time line for eight weeks. we'll be briefed off camera by a senior u.s. defense official. here is what we have been able to piece together on our own. the national command authority began moving assets shortly after 3:47 p.m. eastern when the first calm from the embassy to the state department was made. but none of those military assets were given permission to enter libyan air space. panetta said none of those military assets would have been in a position to help. they would not have been there in time. general carter ham was visiting washington and in the pentagon on 9/11 and went to the ops center and did all that was within his power to authorize. ham ordered a rescue unit to deploy from croatia on a modified c-130 plane. it was carrying more than 30 special operators from the charlie 110 company that had been flank cro
jennifer griferin joins us live from the pentagon. >> reporter: in just a few minutes the pentagon is finally going to brief reporters with its time line of what happened the night of the benghazi attack from the military's perspective. we have been asking for this time line for eight weeks. we'll be briefed off camera by a senior u.s. defense official. here is what we have been able to piece together on our own. the national command authority began moving assets shortly after 3:47 p.m....
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host: what is on the table for the pentagon? guest: everything can be cut, but the president has the power to exempt military personnel, and he has indicated that he would do that. everything else is basically on the table. weapons systems, operations maintenance accounts, protected service member salary, all of those services are part of the great man's budget. host: what about procurement? caller: things that they buy. -- guest: things that they buy. and again, all of those programs, like the 30 -- like a fighter jet, that is on the table as well. host: military construction, what is that? guest of the money that the military spends to build the bases and various other facilities. host: testing and evaluation, is that big money? guest: it can be. before weapons systems are built there is a whole research and development fund. host: let's talk about what is not on the table. guest: the military personnel are not on the table. retirement, mandatory spending, not on the table. pensions for people who have retired from the militar
host: what is on the table for the pentagon? guest: everything can be cut, but the president has the power to exempt military personnel, and he has indicated that he would do that. everything else is basically on the table. weapons systems, operations maintenance accounts, protected service member salary, all of those services are part of the great man's budget. host: what about procurement? caller: things that they buy. -- guest: things that they buy. and again, all of those programs, like the...
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we're going to take you live in just a bit to a pentagon news briefing. the pentagon today reportedly recommending to congress that women ab lobe allowed to serve more jobs closer to the front line. they say the change would open up 14,000 additional jobs to women. we'll have that news conference live for you at 3:30 eastern here on c-span3. >> when i first started the book, i also thought this must be an american story. this is about a country that wore ships the religion of self reliance and individualism. this is the legacy of roe and emerson. but it comes out that we're laggereds. it's even more common in japan. >> on "afterwards" in, "going solo," they look at the growing trend of american adults choosing to live alone and what that means for the country saturday night at 10:00 eastern. also this weekend on book tv, sunday at 3:00, the second cousin of former secretary of state couldnndoleeza rice and starting a dialogue between gang leaders and police. georgetown university's bonnie morris on her one-woman play and book of the same name, "revenge of
we're going to take you live in just a bit to a pentagon news briefing. the pentagon today reportedly recommending to congress that women ab lobe allowed to serve more jobs closer to the front line. they say the change would open up 14,000 additional jobs to women. we'll have that news conference live for you at 3:30 eastern here on c-span3. >> when i first started the book, i also thought this must be an american story. this is about a country that wore ships the religion of self...
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so if we're looking for more air waves, all roads lead back to the pentagon. they've acknowledged that. we heard heard members of the administration acknowledge the government spectrum needs to be repurposed for commercial use. really what brendan was talking about the shift from video over cable connection to consuming on a tablet computer or smartphone. that's driving the change in bandwidth. people want to watch video on their ipad and we have to make it work. >> the broadcasters will be reluctant, and when local stations start closing, we may hear something from congress. that's what we're talking about here, is local stations going out of business in exchange for money so their air waves can be given the wire carriers. >> the issue of the inseptembertive auctions of spectrum doesn't have the political divide that say a cybersecurity issue has. those parties supported the idea of the incentive auction, and recognized the need to get more spectrum out on the market for wireless companies to provide these services, which people want ask are clamoring for. at
so if we're looking for more air waves, all roads lead back to the pentagon. they've acknowledged that. we heard heard members of the administration acknowledge the government spectrum needs to be repurposed for commercial use. really what brendan was talking about the shift from video over cable connection to consuming on a tablet computer or smartphone. that's driving the change in bandwidth. people want to watch video on their ipad and we have to make it work. >> the broadcasters will...
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the defense budget and pentagon budgets are taking severe reductions in their spending limits whereas the domestic programs get off fairly easy compared to the defense budget. you have to remember what is the most important thing our government spends money on. our national security i would argue. martha: they are seeing cuts across the board which is a big problem for a lot of people. bill: this is an event that has america's oldest catholic university under fire. health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius speaking at georgetown university's public policy institute. that's an invite washington's archbishop calls shocking. father jonathon morris, fox news contributor to offer a bit of an explanation. i want to start with the outrage. >> as you introduced, this is a catholic university. that what's they call themselves. if you say you are a catholic university, it means when believe in something. there are certain things up for discussion within the catholic faith and you can have different views on them. but there are other things that are non-necessity gorable. life, relig
the defense budget and pentagon budgets are taking severe reductions in their spending limits whereas the domestic programs get off fairly easy compared to the defense budget. you have to remember what is the most important thing our government spends money on. our national security i would argue. martha: they are seeing cuts across the board which is a big problem for a lot of people. bill: this is an event that has america's oldest catholic university under fire. health and human services...
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"outfront" on the story, cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr. >> you don't think she's a little young for the hard stuff? >> washington says she's a killer. >> it's a hollywood spy thriller with as much oscar buzz as it has controversy. "zero dark 30" the story of the hunt for osama bin laden from the oscar winning powerhouse team of katherine bigelow and mark bowe recreates how it all happened, from the female cia analyst who finally figured out where he was hiding to the navy s.e.a.l.s who killed him. >> there are two narratives about the location of osama bin laden. >> reporter: the controversy? the obama administration has faced accusations it gave undeserved access to the film makers. in real life, everyone involved in the hunt for bin laden remains sworn to secrecy. but the film makers say they got firsthand accounts. they just won't say exactly how that happened. >> i think as a reporter you would understand we take protecting our sources and sort of the exact methodology of our sourcing pretty seriously, just in the same way if i asked you how exactly did you source that
"outfront" on the story, cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr. >> you don't think she's a little young for the hard stuff? >> washington says she's a killer. >> it's a hollywood spy thriller with as much oscar buzz as it has controversy. "zero dark 30" the story of the hunt for osama bin laden from the oscar winning powerhouse team of katherine bigelow and mark bowe recreates how it all happened, from the female cia analyst who finally figured out where...
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what are they saying at pentagon about that? >> reporter: there is the high suicide rate and remember the 24-year-old soldier who went on a killing rampage in mount rainier so it has been a very troubled base. the striker brigade. that kill team was a serious incidents. but this will complicate matters in terms of negotiate aggrastat us much forces agreement that will protect u.s. troops after forces begin to pull out in 2014. but if you look back at sentences given in the highest scandals in the last 10 years of war, the sentences by military courts have been shockingly small and reduced. look at abu ghraib. lynndie england received three years in prison. the leader was 6.4 years. in. so the u.s. military saying they will try this individual in a military court. but the afghans are demanding they be turned over to him. bill: newt gingrich looking to add texas fire power to his ticket. carl cameron reports the gingrich camp tossing around choosing rick perry as a running-mate. there is a statement by the perry team that calls it
what are they saying at pentagon about that? >> reporter: there is the high suicide rate and remember the 24-year-old soldier who went on a killing rampage in mount rainier so it has been a very troubled base. the striker brigade. that kill team was a serious incidents. but this will complicate matters in terms of negotiate aggrastat us much forces agreement that will protect u.s. troops after forces begin to pull out in 2014. but if you look back at sentences given in the highest...
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and in the line of fire, we'll hear from one of the women challenging the pentagon's ban of women in combat. plus, musician, composure, teacher winston mar sal less on a quarter century of jazz lincoln center all that next on "andrea mitchell reports." want to try to crack it? yeah, that's the way to do it! now we need a little bit more... [ male announcer ] at humana, we understand the value of quality time and personal attention. which is why we are proud to partner with health care professionals who understand the difference that quality time with our members can make... that's a very nice cake! ohh! [ giggles ] [ male announcer ] humana thanks the physicians, nurses, hospitals, pharmacists and other health professionals who helped us achieve the highest average star rating among national medicare companies... and become the first and only national medicare advantage company to achieve a 5-star rating for a medicare plan... your efforts result in the quality of care and service we're able to provide... which means better health outcomes... and more quality time to share with the o
and in the line of fire, we'll hear from one of the women challenging the pentagon's ban of women in combat. plus, musician, composure, teacher winston mar sal less on a quarter century of jazz lincoln center all that next on "andrea mitchell reports." want to try to crack it? yeah, that's the way to do it! now we need a little bit more... [ male announcer ] at humana, we understand the value of quality time and personal attention. which is why we are proud to partner with health care...
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this is the pentagon's comfort zone and the world doesn't tend to be presented as neatly as that. secondly, i think this should be considered defense strategy step one because there will be more cuts coming undoubtedly from the debt and fiscal pressures that we're feeling now and will continue to feel from what we can tell. so there's phase one, and there'll be successive drawdowns over the next two, three, four years and they're going to have to change the strategy i think at a certain point. certainly the next quadrennial defense review begins a year from today, pretty close to it, will have to address additional fiscal pressures. third, more to your point, i think the strategy was a bit overmessaged regarding asia, asia, asia, the shift to asia, the pivot to asia. so while the document itself is very clear and a little more crisp on the other issues, i think it's been overmessaged and overplayed the shift to asia. that's having a real impact on european leaders' decisions. in some cases, it's a healthy impact, boy, is the u.s. not going to do everything all the time, everywhere
this is the pentagon's comfort zone and the world doesn't tend to be presented as neatly as that. secondly, i think this should be considered defense strategy step one because there will be more cuts coming undoubtedly from the debt and fiscal pressures that we're feeling now and will continue to feel from what we can tell. so there's phase one, and there'll be successive drawdowns over the next two, three, four years and they're going to have to change the strategy i think at a certain point....
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but the pentagon denies the reason for the delays, fears over escalating tensions with iran. a planned trip by the head of the joint chiefs of staff is still on for next week. the pentagon is careful to point out that the trip has been long planned, but we also know that president obama has been on the phone in recent days with benjamin netanyahu, warning him of dire consequences if israel launches a unilateral attack on iran. comes at a time when iran has been blaming both the united states and israel for the assassination of one of the top nuclear scientists killed last week when men on motorcycles placed a magnetic bomb on the side of his car. one of several nuclear scientists targeted and killed in recent years by unknown assailants. and extreme sensitivity. it's warning her persian gulf companies not to boost oil protection to offset any potential drop in tehran's crude oil exports and it exactly the oil sales, harris. >> harris: all right. doug mcelway reporting for us, thank you very much. and the u.s. military possibly delivering a blow, reportedly a drone strike kill
but the pentagon denies the reason for the delays, fears over escalating tensions with iran. a planned trip by the head of the joint chiefs of staff is still on for next week. the pentagon is careful to point out that the trip has been long planned, but we also know that president obama has been on the phone in recent days with benjamin netanyahu, warning him of dire consequences if israel launches a unilateral attack on iran. comes at a time when iran has been blaming both the united states...
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. >> this happened to military families a stone's throw away from the pentagon. if it could happen here, it could happen anywhere. >> reporter: this military wife and other of two doesn't want her face shown. cnn has also agreed not to show her children's faces or identify them by age. >> obviously, barbara, i am concerned about the privacy of my children. and then there's always the possibility of retaliation against my husband. >> reporter: it's every parent's nightmare. finding out her toddler was physically assaulted by child care workers at the ft. myer army day care center. the scandal grew to the point if the obama made an unprecedented phone call to army secretary john mac cue to express his concern. according to this fbi affidavit, this little boy and others were punched and slapped. one child was dragged across the floor. >> we thought, of all the different options, putting them in a child care facility during the day that was on a military base, that was pretty well-staffed, would be the safest, most secure environment for them. >> reporter: it all beg
. >> this happened to military families a stone's throw away from the pentagon. if it could happen here, it could happen anywhere. >> reporter: this military wife and other of two doesn't want her face shown. cnn has also agreed not to show her children's faces or identify them by age. >> obviously, barbara, i am concerned about the privacy of my children. and then there's always the possibility of retaliation against my husband. >> reporter: it's every parent's...
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the pentagon has gone an enormous eating spree over the last decade and has grown enormous. and this conversation about what is it for has not taken place. yes, we haven't had a conversation among nato allies about why we should be cutting this or cutting that. but we also haven't had a conversation about why we ever spent this money in the first place. that i think is the question that we should be -- the conversation we should be having. right now, here in the united states, we have basically throw approaches to the obesity problem facing nato and u.s. spending. and the three options are basically this. and they were alluded to in the last panel, and i'll just go over them very briefly. essentially, the republicans have laid out various options for eating more. in other words, the house has offered a proposal to add $4 billion on top of what the pentagon has asked for. they have put forward an alternative to sequestration. i won't go into that. mitt romney says we should spend $2.1 trillion more over what the obama administration has laid out. $2.1 trillion more. not cutti
the pentagon has gone an enormous eating spree over the last decade and has grown enormous. and this conversation about what is it for has not taken place. yes, we haven't had a conversation among nato allies about why we should be cutting this or cutting that. but we also haven't had a conversation about why we ever spent this money in the first place. that i think is the question that we should be -- the conversation we should be having. right now, here in the united states, we have basically...
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military or the pentagon to drop plans for military intervention in syria. the pentagon drafted a long-term vision of what a military operation in syria would look like that had to do with miscommunication at panetta's testimony yesterday on capitol hill. the deputy oil minster has reportedly defected and posted a video on you tube that make him the highest ranking official to leave since the up rising began a year ago. >> per new concerns about the nuclear program today. images of a facility appear to show trucks and earth moving vehicles at the site. diplomats say that indicates a clean up of radioactive traces. senate leaders struck a deal clearing the way for a vote on $109 billion overhaul of the skmoi transit programs at the same time john boehner is struggling to get his colleagues to pass a version of the bill. we will talk about that later in the hour. >> the opening bell just rang. time for the run down. really late. i am sorry i have been doing this. >> this is good because we can tell you where the market is opening. 70 points on the dow. gains y
military or the pentagon to drop plans for military intervention in syria. the pentagon drafted a long-term vision of what a military operation in syria would look like that had to do with miscommunication at panetta's testimony yesterday on capitol hill. the deputy oil minster has reportedly defected and posted a video on you tube that make him the highest ranking official to leave since the up rising began a year ago. >> per new concerns about the nuclear program today. images of a...
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. >> another black eye for the pentagon. the u.s. army has launched a criminal investigation after photographs surfaced of american paratroopers allegedly posing next to dead bodies in afghanistan. here is danielle nottingham with the response now from the pentagon. >> the los angeles times published two photographs that appear to show u.s. troops posing with dead insurgence in afghanistan. in one picture afghan security forces and u.s. troops are seen holding the mangled legs of a dead taleban suicide bomber. the paper says an unnamed para to perform the second airborne division provided 18 photographs that were taken in 2010. the army has launched an investigation. >> that behavior that was depicted in those photographs absolutely violates both our regulations, and more importantly our core values. this is not who we are. and it certainly is not cool we represent. >> the latest incident surfaces at a sensitive time in u.s. afghan relations. in recent months the obama administration has dealt with a series of incidents that have spa
. >> another black eye for the pentagon. the u.s. army has launched a criminal investigation after photographs surfaced of american paratroopers allegedly posing next to dead bodies in afghanistan. here is danielle nottingham with the response now from the pentagon. >> the los angeles times published two photographs that appear to show u.s. troops posing with dead insurgence in afghanistan. in one picture afghan security forces and u.s. troops are seen holding the mangled legs of a...
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>>catherine: now, in national world news new pentagon details to show the the first u.s. military unit a ride in libya more than 14 years after the attack of the consulate in benghazi was over. four americans were killed, including ambassador christopher stephens. a defense departments of the lack of response time was mostly because the long distance command teams had to travel to get in libya. the time and also shows the defense secretary, leon panetta and his top military adviser were not notified of the attack until nearly an hour after it began. also, the 14 year-old is recovering. who was targeted by the taliban. she was nearly killed in the taliban shooting attack. she is recovering in a british hospital >> some chromattake a look at this. this funny car crash gractrack racdrag this drag racing championship contender, jack beckman, survived an inch an explosion and injun explosion survived an engine... explosion also, the samsung 3 is out selling the smart phones. strategy and alex, a market research firm says the device of this top-selling sports phone in the third
>>catherine: now, in national world news new pentagon details to show the the first u.s. military unit a ride in libya more than 14 years after the attack of the consulate in benghazi was over. four americans were killed, including ambassador christopher stephens. a defense departments of the lack of response time was mostly because the long distance command teams had to travel to get in libya. the time and also shows the defense secretary, leon panetta and his top military adviser were...
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this week the pentagon released the names of two service members killed in afghanistan. we also want to honor this sunday the man president george herbert walker bush called a true american patriot and one of the great military leaders of his generation, general norman schwarzkopf, who led u.s. forces to victory in the persian gulf war passed away this week at the age of 78. you can see our interview with norman schwarzkopf from "this week" during the 1991 invasion of iraq on our website at abcnews.com/thisweek. >>> and when we return, how concerned are wall street and the world markets as we count down to the cliff? the answer when this special edition of "this week" returns. to the best vacation spot on earth. (all) the gulf! it doesn't matter which of our great states folks visit. mississippi, alabama, louisiana or florida, they're gonna love it. shaul, your alabama hospitality is incredible. thanks, karen. love your mississippi outdoors. i vote for your florida beaches, dawn. bill, this louisiana seafood is delicious. we're having such a great year on the gulf, we've
this week the pentagon released the names of two service members killed in afghanistan. we also want to honor this sunday the man president george herbert walker bush called a true american patriot and one of the great military leaders of his generation, general norman schwarzkopf, who led u.s. forces to victory in the persian gulf war passed away this week at the age of 78. you can see our interview with norman schwarzkopf from "this week" during the 1991 invasion of iraq on our...
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the fact that pentagon can't be expected to deal with this problem by itself. there must be much more radical surgical solutions to this problem. it's not just a partisan thing. of course, you know, tom colburn, republican, rather conservative republican came out way proposal over the summer to cut $1 trillion in military spending. which i thought was quite remarkable. we, at the institute for policy studies where i work put out the unified security budget where we come up with a detailed list of not only the cuts that we think can be made without endangering the security. we have to repeat that. without endangering the security of the united states, but also where the money could be usefully applied to promote non-military approaches, to resolving conflicts. beefing up, in other words, various existing structures within the state department and other parts of the u.s. government. and, of course, i haven't heard anybody refer to the poll done recently, just a week ago, maybe, but a project for international policy, attitudes in several, and two other polling fi
the fact that pentagon can't be expected to deal with this problem by itself. there must be much more radical surgical solutions to this problem. it's not just a partisan thing. of course, you know, tom colburn, republican, rather conservative republican came out way proposal over the summer to cut $1 trillion in military spending. which i thought was quite remarkable. we, at the institute for policy studies where i work put out the unified security budget where we come up with a detailed list...
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chris lawrence live for us again at the pentagon. you've been watching the secretary of defense. give me a number once again, the number they're putting on these pentagon cuts and tell me what you've learned since you and i talked a little over an hour ago. >> well, the number's about $487 billion, brooke. so roughly half a trillion dollars in cuts. but again, these are spaced out over ten years and these are cuts based on what the pentagon had estimated it would get. in other words, it's not like i gave you $50 last year and i'm only giving you $25 this year. it's more think of it more like you expected to get this much more in five years. this much more in eight years. and you're not going to get as much as you expected. so the word cut has to be used somewhat loosely. we learned a lot. you know, we learned that they're moving towards this so-called morage jill force, that the numbers of marines and soldiers that were beefed up so much over the last ten years will be coming down to just over the levels they were before the attacks on september 11th. and we learned that a lot of
chris lawrence live for us again at the pentagon. you've been watching the secretary of defense. give me a number once again, the number they're putting on these pentagon cuts and tell me what you've learned since you and i talked a little over an hour ago. >> well, the number's about $487 billion, brooke. so roughly half a trillion dollars in cuts. but again, these are spaced out over ten years and these are cuts based on what the pentagon had estimated it would get. in other words, it's...
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what is the concern for the pentagon now? >> well, you know, that's exactly why these are out there conducting this surveillance. it's absolutely critical. >> to keep the oil shipping lanes open free, no problems on the waters. our concern is that iran, if it takes a military action, would begin in the gulf by mining those waters, so the drones are helpful in keeping a wide surveillance from above, watching the waters making sure nobody is putting out any mines. it's all about the oil shipping lanes and the economy in this region. nobody wants to see a shooting war. nobody wants to see any instability in the region. >> all right. barbara, thank you for breaking the story, and obviously, giving us the latest details. appreciate it. >>> this guy, he literally broke his back serving his country. well, now he is helping other vets put their lives back together. americans are always ready to work hard for a better future. since ameriprise financial was founded back in 1894, they've been committed to putting clients first. helping
what is the concern for the pentagon now? >> well, you know, that's exactly why these are out there conducting this surveillance. it's absolutely critical. >> to keep the oil shipping lanes open free, no problems on the waters. our concern is that iran, if it takes a military action, would begin in the gulf by mining those waters, so the drones are helpful in keeping a wide surveillance from above, watching the waters making sure nobody is putting out any mines. it's all about the...
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you had briefings from the folks at the pentagon from, folks at the fbi, in the days immediately preceding petraeus' briefing the intelligence committee on september 14. petraeus told a somewhat different story than the others told -- >> greta: not somewhat. it was profoundly different. the cia's station chief in libya, reported within 24 hours that it was a militant. >> petraeus in his testimony before the house intelligence committee on september 14, two days later, said it was a video, basically, overruled his top cia official on the ground in benghazi, in telling that story. >> greta: stand by. straight ahead, the faceoff over the fiscal cliff. president obama inviting president obama inviting congressional lelele [ male announcer ] choosing a windows 8 device with help from your frid. i'm thinking aboutpgrading... finally! jonathan was fine when you were in your 20s, but he's not right for you. good-bye jonathan and his creepy little girl hands. i meant... [ male announcer ] or choosing a windows 8 device with help from the experts at staples. another way staples and hp make it easier
you had briefings from the folks at the pentagon from, folks at the fbi, in the days immediately preceding petraeus' briefing the intelligence committee on september 14. petraeus told a somewhat different story than the others told -- >> greta: not somewhat. it was profoundly different. the cia's station chief in libya, reported within 24 hours that it was a militant. >> petraeus in his testimony before the house intelligence committee on september 14, two days later, said it was a...
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i think that's the likeliest area of actual conflict. >> the pentagon will often say and right now the u.s. spends something like 4, 5, 6 times what china spends on its defense spending. and the big question then becomes what is china's intention? (instrumental music) >> in a national call to arms defense secretary leon panetta warned the threat of a significant cyber attack against america is already here. >> the collective result of these kinds of attacks could be a cyber pearl harbor. >> what are the threats american's face in this century? with the attacks of september 11th, the u.s. has had to completely rethink how it defends its citizens. the enemy no longer a national armies but rather determined individuals. >> there are not going to be a lot of countries that are gonna be stupid enough to put tank armies out in the desert against us anymore to allow us to annihilate them. what the lessons of history of the last twenty years or so certainly teach us is that if you're fight us, you can have greater success by using terrorist tactics, by employing suicide bombers, i.e.d.'s, thos
i think that's the likeliest area of actual conflict. >> the pentagon will often say and right now the u.s. spends something like 4, 5, 6 times what china spends on its defense spending. and the big question then becomes what is china's intention? (instrumental music) >> in a national call to arms defense secretary leon panetta warned the threat of a significant cyber attack against america is already here. >> the collective result of these kinds of attacks could be a cyber...
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lou: neither the white house or pentagon elaborating on what the cons -- consequences would be, but having russia back them uld be a determined outcome made by the promise of president obama in dealing with russia after winning a second term as he remarked to the russian president thinking they were off microphone as they met in south korea back in march. >> after my election, i have more flexibility. >> i understand. i just need permission -- lou: a full report on the disturbing turn of events in syria and the likely price of russian cooperation on syria. another middle east dictator, egyptian leader, morsi, with a concession to the opponents inviting them to hold talks on the crisis. is that enough to appease proteste who plan larger demonstrations tomorrow? we'll be talking with fox news middle east expert while ferris in washington institute fellow eric trager, and president obama back on the campaig trail continuing to successfully dress up his ultimatum on higher taxes as a republican decision rather than his own declaration. his staff organized a sit-down wi a middle class family to
lou: neither the white house or pentagon elaborating on what the cons -- consequences would be, but having russia back them uld be a determined outcome made by the promise of president obama in dealing with russia after winning a second term as he remarked to the russian president thinking they were off microphone as they met in south korea back in march. >> after my election, i have more flexibility. >> i understand. i just need permission -- lou: a full report on the disturbing...
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will it be chuck hagel at the pentagon? that opens up all sorts of possibilities back in massachusetts. i want to talk about chuck hegel. this man came back from vietnam with two purple hearts. there is talk about him going to the pentagon but there are some republicans are not very happy with him. why? >> chuckagel was n to go to vietnam. he had orders to go to germany. he was at fort dix. he said i want to go to vietnam. in may and talk to the chaplain and psychologist, and after two weeks, he went to vietnam. he fought for his country, unlike his critics. he has bled for his country, unlike his critics. he understand war, unlike his critics. he did not have other priorities, like richard cheney, and never said it was going to be a cakewalk. he is prepared, ready, and bill cohen put it best. he has fought and bled for this country. he knows the subject matter. ask jim jones and other national security advisers. >> iraq and iran, that is what upsets people about shock hegel and some of the things he had to say about them.
will it be chuck hagel at the pentagon? that opens up all sorts of possibilities back in massachusetts. i want to talk about chuck hegel. this man came back from vietnam with two purple hearts. there is talk about him going to the pentagon but there are some republicans are not very happy with him. why? >> chuckagel was n to go to vietnam. he had orders to go to germany. he was at fort dix. he said i want to go to vietnam. in may and talk to the chaplain and psychologist, and after two...
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second, it's the beginning of the process of 1.2 trillion in spending cuts, half of it from the pentagon and the other half on domestic spending. but it would be gradual. if we got to gingrich first with nothing done, congress would still have time to act in both areas before the impact of those policies taking effect. host: economists disagree. years the wall street journal ---- here is the wall street journal. guest: i think there's some basis for that. what is happening in congress, it's dysfunctional, we are using brinksmanship. that's what happened in the debt ceiling fight last august and what happened in the budget debate in december 2011 when we went right up to the midnight hour to determine whether we would keep the lights on in government. it is a function of congress not being able to find common ground and focus on making progress, particularly on the republican side there is a view we cannot have any new revenues as part of any solution. ben has been politically discredited. it cannot work. but there is danger in this. i agree with that. the preferred action is to reach an
second, it's the beginning of the process of 1.2 trillion in spending cuts, half of it from the pentagon and the other half on domestic spending. but it would be gradual. if we got to gingrich first with nothing done, congress would still have time to act in both areas before the impact of those policies taking effect. host: economists disagree. years the wall street journal ---- here is the wall street journal. guest: i think there's some basis for that. what is happening in congress, it's...
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marines urinating on dead taliban fighters and the pentagon said it it made progress as to who was involved. >>> the naval criminal investigative service, ncis, is conducting the investigation while the obama administration is trying to gauge how bad the fallout from this video will be. an official with the united states marine corps said that two of the four marines were identified. they were attached to the 3rd battalion, second marines, which returned home to north carolina last fall. the obama administration is trying to assess the damage. >> it's absolutely inconsistent with american values. >> reporter: secretary of state hillary clinton echoed a statement by defense secretary leon pinetta promising punishment for those involved. >> and anyone found to have participated or known about it, having engaged in such conduct must be held fully accountable. >> reporter: at the u.s. marine corps memorial, reaction ranged from disappointment to disgust. >> makes it embarrassing when you're married to a service member who won't do something like that. >> i'm disappointed. the image that the mar
marines urinating on dead taliban fighters and the pentagon said it it made progress as to who was involved. >>> the naval criminal investigative service, ncis, is conducting the investigation while the obama administration is trying to gauge how bad the fallout from this video will be. an official with the united states marine corps said that two of the four marines were identified. they were attached to the 3rd battalion, second marines, which returned home to north carolina last...